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Concerned Citizens
Jackson Township Concerned Citizens will meet at the
Farmer’s Inn, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. All members
are asked to attend as election of officers will be held.
Vietnam Vets
Veterans of the Vietnam Wa Post 2, will meet Thur-
iday, Jan, 13; at 8 p.m., Coral Lounge, 245 Owen St.,
Swoyersville. A movie on Vietnam will be shown.
Veterans of the Vietnam War is a full service
organization open to all veterans.
Vietnam Vets
Jackson Twp. Ambulance Association will conduct its
monthly meeting, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. New members are
welcome. Officers for the year are Edward Havrilla,
president; Robert Bohlander, vice president; Marie
Havrilla, secretary and Carl Aston, treasurer.
Jackson Ambulance
. Wilkes-Barre Campus of the Pennsylvania State
University, in conjunctionwith' the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council, will present a lecture entitled ‘“‘A
Philosopher Looks at Technological Culture” by Dr.
John D. Caputo of Villanova University. The lecture will
be presented at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, in room
105 of the Hayfield House on the Lehman Campus. The
public is invited to this inaugural lecture in the Hayfield
Lecture Series.
Hayfield lecture series
A CPR Heartsaver Course, sponsored by the American
Heart Association, Northeastern Pennsylvania Region,
will be held Thursday, Jan. 13, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at
the NPW Medical Center. Course will be given in the
Learning Resources Room on the first floor.
Course consists of CPR training in rescue breathing
and one-man CPR. A nominal fee is charged to defray
costs.
Pre-registration is available by contacting the
American Heart Association, Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Region, 71 North Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, or by
calling 822-6247.
Heartsaver course
A day of heart screening will be held Friday, Jan. 14,
from 9 a.m. to noon at the Kirby Health Center, 71 North
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. It is being sponsored by the
American Heart Association, Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Region. Appointments must be made in advance
by calling the Heart office at 822-6247.
There is a nominal fee for the service, to cover the cost
of the electrocardiogram, test for high blood pressure,
sugar and cholesterol. Persons over 65 with a known
heart problem must present a perission slip from their
physicians. In cooperation with the Northeastern
Association for the Blind, a free glaucoma screening will
be available.
East La Leche
Back Mountain East La Leche League will begin their
new monthly series of meetings Tuesday, Jan. 18. The
meetings will be held at 10 a.m. for this winter series.
Mrs. John Vaida, Shavertown will host the meetings. The
Back Mountain East La Leche League meets the third
Tuesday of each month. ‘Advantages of Breastfeeding to
Mother and Baby’’ will be the topic of discussion for the
January meeting. Interested women are invited to at-
tend. For further information contact Mrs. Charles
Davis, Larksville or Mrs. Phillip Johnson, Trucksville.
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Immunization program
Lake-Lehman School District will conduct the final}
immunization vaccination program for the school yea
1982-83 on Thursday, Jan. 20, 9:30 a.m. at the Lake-
Lehman High School. This program will be for 4
students K-12 who have not, or have been improperlyf
Measles-Mupmps-Rubella (MMR). There is no chargej
for this service. Parents are reminded that Statef
regulations stipulate that every child must sho
‘evidence of having received the above according to th
prescribed time schedule for admission to school
Parents with questions may contact their child’s schoolf
‘Audubon Society
Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society will hold its
regular meeting Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., In Oz, Merrick
Hall, College Misericordia. The program will be mem-
bership slides, taken by members of their own birding
experiences, and two films provided by the Game}
Commission, one on song birds, and the other on the wood
duck. Any and all persons are welcome to attend any and}
all meetings of the Chapter, and need not become a
member to attend, but are encouraged to do so for thej
Audubon Society has become the watchdog of our wilder-
ness. ;
CANCER DRESSINGS--Members of the Back Mountain
Cancer Dressings Group held their holiday party re-
cently following their work session. The women worked
during the morning, then took time out for a festive
luncheon. Among those doing volunteer were, front table,
left to right, Clara Eckert, Catherine Garris, Emma
Hart, Grace McGuire, Edna Johnson and Jule Wilkins;
at the rear table are Florence Kast and Ruth Houser.
During the recent
holidays, members of
Mrs. Charles Gosart’s
Back Mountain Cancer
Dressings group took a
break from their work to
honor Christmas with a
luncheon at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church,
Shavertown. The lun-
cheon was served by
members of the Dorcas
Society, following the
The cancer dressings
program was initiated in
the Back Mountain in 1947
with a group headed by
Mrs. Harold Flack in
Dallas, and a second
group by Mrs. Ted
Bennett in Trucksville.
Twenty-two years ago,
in 1962, Mrs. Charles
Gosart volunteered to
organize a group com-
prising all of the local
area. To this one came
many dedicated women,
two of whom charter
members, Mrs. Ruth
Houser and Mrs. Florence
Kast, who still attend all
sessions. Later Mrs. Ann
Reiley became an active
member.
The group of women
first met in the Back
Mountain Library Annex
but later transferred to St.
Paul’s Church where they
meet each month.
Mrs. Gosart, who has
performed a fabulous ser-
vice, was forced to resign
as chairman when she
broke her hip. She still
attends the sessions
whenever she is able.
Following Mrs.
Gosart’s resignation,
Mrs. Dorothy Anderson
assumed chairmanship
four years ago. Mrs.
Anderson has always
When Coach Joe
Paterno’s Nittany Lions
defeated- those Georgia
Bull ‘Dawgs’ in that Sugar
Bowl game at New
Orleans, La., on New
Year’s Night, it touched
off two separate parties at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Havrilla,
couples gathered at the
Havrilla home, watched
the football game on T.V.
and then celebrated the
victory.
Daughter Susan, also a
Penn State ‘rabid rooter’
toasted friends at a
‘Victory’ party at the
Havrilla home that same
-
coordinated the dressings
group, directed campaign
crusades and education.
She served for a number
of years as director of the
American Cancer Society
and when she resigned
thousands of dressings
have been made by the
members ard distributed
at no charge to those
patients needing them.
The women are
volunteers giving freely of
BY NANCY KOZEM-
CHAK
Lake Township was
made a separate township
in 1841, taken from Leh-
man and Monroe town-
ships. It was called Lake
because Harveys Lake is
in it-the largest lake in
the State as well as one of
the most beautiful. The
same year, the county of
Wyoming was formed and
the county line cut off a
portion of Lake Township
and gave it back to
Monroe Township,
leaving it as now with an
area of 34 square miles;
about one-eighth adapted
to cultivation, the
remainder is rough and
hilly, some of it product-
ive and all suitable for
grazing; fine fruit was
raised along the base of
the mountains.
Population in 1870 was 597
and in 1890, 1,144.
Harveys: Lake covers
1,285 acres; the water is of
great purity. Perch and
trout are indigenous; pike
were placed in the lake by
Hollenback & Urquhart,
who owned nearly the
whole of Lake Township
and all about it are cot-
tages of ‘people from all
parts of the country. The
evidences of the rapidly
growing importance ‘ of
the area is found that
within a few years, the
Lehigh Valley railroad
extended its track from
Wilkes-Barre to the lake,
and then built from the
lake to Pittston. That
made the lake an im-
portant railroad junction
and an easy access was
available to the thousands
that flock in that direction
in the summer months.»
The first white man who
lived in Lake Township
was Matthew Scouten,
who was employed by the
owners of the land to look
after the property, as
early as 1792. Daniel Lee
setled at the head of
Pike’s Creek in 1806 and
the marsh is called Lee’s
pond. Otis Allen came
from Jackson Township in
1836. During this time,
Josiah, Nathan and
Stephen Kocher, brothers,
moved into the township
first blacksmith in Lake
Township. A schoolhouse
was built during the
summer of 1844 on the
farm of Henry Ide. There
was a post office and a
from Hunlock township.
Hollenback & Urquhart
built a sawmill on the
outlet of Harveys Lake in
1839. Nathan Kocher built
a small mill a mile below
the site of the Beaver Run grist mill. 7
tannery in 1845. The first The.population of Lake
road through the township Township in 1970 was 1,332 .
was chopped out by the and at the time of the 1980
proprietors about 1875 to census, the population
induce settlement andran was 1,783. :
from Wilkes-Barre to
Bradford County. All the
early settlers lived in log ed SALE -
houses except Otis Allen Sls]
and Jacob Sorber, who i {e)"IIHelVifl3|
built block houses.
Stephen Kocher was the
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their time each month to
serve in this worthwhile
caue for victims of can-
was elected as honorary
director.
Since the organization
of this group, countless
at one time. Salmon were «
put into the lake in 1876 by :
the state authorities. It is
now an important resort
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